News of deputies

2022 Budget bill: Government suffers defeat in Congress

17-12-2021 14:50 Argentina's government suffered an embarrassing defeat on Friday as its 2022 Budget was rejected by Congress, underlining tensions over the country's economic policies.

New deputies, senators take seats in Congress, shifting balance of power

10-12-2021 23:13 The 127 deputies elected last November 14 were sworn into their seats for the next four years; 24 new senators take benches in upper house.

The second half

20-11-2021 11:54 Lessons from last Sunday’s election – and pointers for what lies ahead.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Government seeks approval for 116 decrees, prompting opposition walkout

19-11-2021 03:01 Little sign of post-election dialogue as Juntos por el Cambio refuses to support debate on 116 presidential decrees. Ruling coalition wants DNUs approved by Senate before new lawmakers are sworn-in.

Todos contentos

15-11-2021 16:10 With less catastrophic results than those anticipated by the PASO primaries, all the politicians have to do now is open dialogue and get the country out of the national crisis...

by Carlos De Angelis

President vows to send ‘multi-year economic programme’ to Congress

15-11-2021 13:12 President Alberto Fernández announced Sunday night that he will send a bill to Congress outlining a “multi-year economic programme” for Argentina – and he says it has the “full support” of his coalition, including Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Lorena Rodríguez

Macri on election: ‘It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another’

15-11-2021 00:00 “The result confirms that it is the end of one era and the beginning of another," declares former president Mauricio Macri.

Fernández calls for dialogue with opposition after election defeat

14-11-2021 22:44 In a new way of acknowledging defeat, President Alberto Fernández broadcasts a recorded message from the Olivos presidential residence in which he calls for dialogue with the opposition.

Massa: Alberto Fernández 'will call for dialogue with opposition' after vote

14-11-2021 17:14 President "will call for dialogue with opposition" after midterm elections whatever the result, says Lower House speaker as he casts vote.

Ten races to watch in Argentina’s midterm elections

14-11-2021 08:57 Two issues will attract the most attention as Sunday night’s results come in: what happens in the provinces and whether Kirchnerismo loses quorum in the Senate. The results in Santa Fe, Chubut and La Pampa will be crucial.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Chile's lower house approves impeachment trial of President Piñera

09-11-2021 13:04 Chile's lower house approves impeachment trial of President Sebastián Piñera over corruption allegations that appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks.

Lower house unanimously approves tax relief bill pushed by Massa

28-10-2021 17:29 With the unanimous support of both government and opposition legislators, Chamber of Deputies approves tax relief bill pushed by Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa.

Chile senators approve gay marriage bill; one step left

21-07-2021 15:21 Senators in Chile passed a long-awaited bill Wednesday authorising same-sex marriage in what gay campaigners hope will be the penultimate step to its final approval.

‘Ganancias’: Senate official says income tax bill will clear upper house

30-03-2021 20:49 Senate Budget Committee chair predicts income tax bill recently approved in the lower house will clear upper chamber next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Senators approve historic bill to legalise abortion in Argentina

30-12-2020 04:44 After a marathon debate in the upper house that stretched into early hours of the morning, senators back bill with 38 votes in favour, 29 against and a single abstention.

Argentina nears legal abortion as undecided senators show support

29-12-2020 23:47 Three previously undecided senators indicate in speeches that they will likely back the government’s bid to legalise abortion, putting Argentina on the verge of a historic breakthrough.

City mayor rails against 'political attack' as tensions over funding soar

03-12-2020 11:20 Political tensions have surged back to the fore in Argentina after the Chamber of Deputies approved by a 129-118 vote a sharp cut in this city’s federal revenue-sharing funding on Tuesday following a marathon 20-hour session and intense debate.

Thousands march to Congress in protest at new move to legalise abortion

29-11-2020 08:48 Thousands of anti-abortion protesters demonstrated on Saturday across Argentina, against the government's new bill seeking to legalise abortion.

Abortion reform battle set to begin – but how will senators vote?

31-10-2020 14:49 President Alberto Fernández has confirmed that he will send a bill to legalise abortion in Argentina to Congress imminently. Here’s how the numbers shape up ahead in the upper house of an era-defining vote.

Keeping abreast of a changing world

26-09-2020 09:22 More than superb ammunition for gossip columnists or an accident waiting to happen with the technological hazards of virtual sessions, this disgrace might well prove to be the match lighting a new “Begone with them all” powder-keg.